Kembangan MRT Station

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EW6  Kembangan MRT Station 景万岸地铁站 கெம்பாங்கான் Rapid transit
Platform level of Kembangan station
Station statistics
Address	55 Sims Avenue East Singapore 416551
Coordinates	1°19′15.54″N 103°54′46.23″E / 1.3209833°N 103.9128417°E / 1.3209833; 103.9128417
Lines	East West
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Elevated
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	4 November 1989
Accessible
Code	EW6
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Bedok towards Pasir Ris East West Line Eunos towards Joo Koon
Location
Kembangan MRT Station

Kembangan MRT Station (EW6) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. The station is along Sims Avenue East, right above the Siglap Canal. It is near several private landed properties and condominiums.

Contents 1 Train Service 2 Current Station Layout 3 Bus services 4 1997 accident

[edit] Train Service

Destination	First Train				Last Train
	Mon - Sat		Sunday & Public Holiday		Daily
East West Line
to EW1 Pasir Ris	6.12am		6.40am		12.22am
to EW29 Joo Koon	5.40am		6.07am		11.36pm

[edit] Current Station Layout

P Platforms	Platform A	East West Line towards  EW1  Pasir Ris (→)
	Island platform, Doors open on the right
	Platform B	East West Line towards  EW29  Joo Koon (←)
L1	EWL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control,
	Street Level

[edit] Bus services

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Sims Ave East:

Service	Between	And	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
2	New Bridge Road Bus Terminal	Changi Village Bus Terminal
7	Bedok Bus Interchange	Clementi Bus Interchange
24	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange	Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 & 3 Bus Terminal
25	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange	Bedok Bus Interchange
26	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange	Bedok Bus Interchange
28	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange	Tampines Bus Interchange
30	Bedok Bus Interchange	Boon Lay Bus Interchange
33	Bedok Bus Interchange	Kent Ridge Bus Terminal
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
67	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange	Tampines Bus Interchange
854	Yishun Bus Interchange	Bedok Bus Interchange

The following busses revenue from Jalan Kembangan :

Service	Between	And	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
42	Jalan Kembangan	Opera Estate (loop)

[edit] 1997 accident

On 16 March 1997, Monday at 8.15 am, a man in his late 60s leapt down from the platform and was believed to have died instantly as a west-bound train approached travelling at 50 km per hour. The impact threw him against the side of the tracks, and he sustained serious head injuries, a fractured left arm and a severed right foot. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10.55 am.

An SMRT spokesman said that the train was operated through an automated system, and all trains approaching the waiting area would have reduced their speed automatically. By 11 am, the entire area had been cordoned off. None of the 300 commuters on board the train was hurt as it made an emergency stop at 10.17 am. For two hours, all train services between Eunos and Tanah Merah MRT stations were discontinued to allow cleaners to clear the tracks. Commuters affected were being directed to a nearby bus stop.